Video games, long thought to hinder the social abilities of children, may soon replace medication in treating some mental disorders. Project EVO is at the last stage of FDA approval and is intended to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. The next iteration is to use video games to detect Alzheimer’s. Adding support to these findings is that the pharmaceutical company Pfizer is supporting the research.

The full story may be found at: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/12/neuroscape-and-akili-make-video-games-to-treat-cognitive-diseases.html

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Pain Medication: The heroin epidemic has caused doctors to rethink how they prescribe pain medication. HealthCare Advocates is receiving an increasing number of calls from people who were on pain medication but are now being taken off it due to new approaches being taken by physicians.

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Medicare: effective Jan. 1, 2017, the Quality Payment Program replaced the Medicare physician incentive programs, creating one program that will govern Medicare Part B payments to all eligible providers. This program incentivizes providers to increase quality of care and decrease inefficiencies in the cost of care.

Medicine becoming less costly? One of the few areas of medicine where consumers pay out of pocket is cosmetic surgery. The inflation-adjusted price of cosmetic medicine actually fell over the past two decades — despite a huge increase in demand and considerable innovation [See http://healthblog.ncpa.org/why-cant-the-market-for-medical-care-work-like-cosmetic-surgery/].